Mesa Boogie MkiiC+ (Part 2)

[@formulajoe2]

Not gonna lie… your Mesa Boogie videos might be my favorite! 20 minutes of shit-talking on Mesa and the stupid shit they do lol. Funny as hell!

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

I was very positive and charitable on this one. Not sure how glowing I'm supposed to be. Perhaps people are too used to shill-review channels.

[@BenState]

@@BradsGuitarGarage Hahaha this was almost an ad compared to some of your others :)

[@bllyfen8]

Whatever flaws, however numerous, they sound damn good when you finish them man. Playing sounded good bud!

[@lordgraga]

Damn, this doesn't sound half bad!! For the player to have a nice sounding amp back in a stronger condition is what it's all about. Even a Mesa.

[@tedmich]

Aces Brad! Its so nice when you can clean up stuff from my area (near Mesa's home, Petaluma CA) whilst being on the other side of the world!

[@LarsonGuitarPlayer]

I'm glad I've never bought a Mesa Boogie.

[@tobitweaks]

Amazing technical work from your side and great playing, too! Really enjoy your videos. All the best, Tobi

[@Digosaurus]

Playing actually goes so hard at the end man. Sounds so good ⚡💯🤘

[@Digosaurus]

Sin City gotta be one of the most underrated ACA/DACA riffs out

[@BenState]

More quality work from BGG. Nice work Brad!

[@jmollica7563]

excellent job brad great sounding amp with a great player

[@gringopig]

Very nice. Great work Brad

[@siriusamplification]

B+5: 30uF 500V with 6K8 1W dropper, 150K V1 plate

[@adriae.s.3814]

holy shit the sound of this amp lol, crazzy perfection

[@ForeverDownByLaw]

That's a cool sounding amp. Great work!

[@RobbieF]

Thank you, Brad.

[@peterkjallman]

Nice work! I've got a Mk IIB that I've used since 1990 and have modded it with adjustable bias, I think the Mk II-amps sound a lot better with normal bias. I noticed that you "misplaced" the knobs withe the dots, now the owner would not be able to dial in that sound any more ;-)

[@mylogify]

Sounds so good.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

Isn't the Mesa Mark a modified Fender Princeton? Maybe just look at the Princeton schematic and work from there? Though I mostly remember Mesa Boogie for being the famous company that shipped amps made for 240v with power transformers that could not handle 240v.

[@retread1083]

Not even close. Princeton power amp has a cathodyne PI driving a pair of 6V6s. Mark has a long-tailed pair PI driving a pair (or quad in some models) of 6L6s or optionally, EL34s. Tons of differences in the preamp as well. You'd have more success using a map of France to navigate your way across Germany.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

@@retread1083 You do realize the first Mesa Boogie Mark is a modified Fender Princeton, right?

[@retread1083]

@@BrunodeSouzaLino what I "realize" is that if you take a Fender Princeton Reverb Amp, hog out the baffle to fit a 12 inch speaker, throw out all the guts, install bigger transformers, bigger output tubes, more gain stages and an additional cascaded input, a TMB tonestack instead of a TB, and add a master volume control , that some folks will think you can use a Princeton schematic to troubleshoot that amp. I also "realize" that those people are dumber than a football bat. Any other questions, my friend?

[@paulshurmon138]

Thanks for the video.

[@JoebiWan]

That was a killer tone at the end...did you tune your Strat down?

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

That was the FGN Mythic, loaded with Fishman Fluence pickups and Ernie Ball Mammoth Slinkys.

[@mattchase3153]

Brad❤Mesa

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

This one? Yes I do.

[@khillsy4489]

Can't afford a boutique tube amplifier. The ones off the shelf suck. I'll stick with my two JC22's.

[@usualthings-mq1cb]

Holy shit, $35? That's more than twice what the F&Ts cost.

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

Yep, I have no idea why people use them, particularly with the paltry temperature rating and no quoted hourly lifespan.

[@johnjames1813]

Great work!! Don't care for the sound of it. I'll stick with a super lead

[@Wade6242]

Nice work sir

[@Cpt_Adama]

Do all electrolytics need to be siliconed to the board? I get the filter caps for vibration and they are so big, but I see some preamps and other rack units that have everyone siliconed to the board even small ones. Seems like overkill.

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

In a combo, I'd consider securing anything with a resonant frequency at or below the highest fundamental you plan to play. In heads or studio gear, I reckon handling and transport is the biggest issue. Case-by-case basis, but anything bigger than say 2cm^3 and with mass of greater than say, 20g as a rough-as-guts guide.

[@Mr_Bio_Hazard]

Noice Mr Brad. Sounds good. When I win Tattslotto do you want to build me a HiWatt clone? 😁 500 watts should be OK for the neighbours.😆

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Shiny-ish Brad!!

[@Mr_Bio_Hazard]

Yep. Shiny is good.

[@cactus-mcjacktus]

I don't understand why anyone design something that would be difficult to repair at a later date. Everything needs repairing at some stage, that's just life, might as well make it easier on everyone involved.

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

This one is a walk in the park, comparatively.

[@thatampguy]

Noice

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

NO, YOU'RE NOICE!

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

My Mark IV will chew that up and spit it out. So will my 50nwatt JCM800. Nice work though.

[@David-gx9lh]

Gotta cut these shit "tecs" some slack. If they were any good, you'd be out of work!

[@ThomasBrock74]

What the hell are you saying when you say today is tomorrow? Because that is nonsense, it makes no sense to me at all. Can you please explain this to me?

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

Chill, mate. It just means I started filming the next day.

[@ThomasBrock74]

@@BradsGuitarGarage i guess I went a lil overboard...I was smoking a lil much and wanted to know what it meant but it came out all neurotic...sorry bout thatI truly meant no harm

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

That's alright mate! Text has no tone, all good.

[@ThomasBrock74]

If you pay $35 for a single capacitor then you deserve to get ripped off because that's just flat stupid...

[@ThomasBrock74]

Now maybe some Mondo capacitor that goes in some kind of industrial application might be $35, but a capacitor that goes into a little practice amplifier. If you pay $35 for that kind of capacitor, you're a fucking idiot

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

I mean, some of the big high capacitance 100V+ ones are around $50, but these shouldn't be.